SAIC Motor Corporation Limited (informally
SAIC, formerly
Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation) is a Chinese
state-owned automotive design and manufacturing company headquartered in
Shanghai,
China with multinational operations. A Fortune Global 100 company (60th largest in the world) and one of the "Big Four" Chinese automakers (along with
Chang'an Motors,
FAW Group, and
Dongfeng Motor), the company had the largest production volume of any Chinese automaker in 2014 making more than 4.5 million vehicles. Its manufacturing mix is not wholly consumer offerings, however, with as many as 1,000,000+ SAIC passenger vehicles being commercial vans.